CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0275
COSMOS 515 DEB
COSMOS 515 DEB (NORAD 6171) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 September 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6171
International designator
1972-063E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
18 Aug 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Sep 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 days15 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 2 Sep 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1972-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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